Compai'ative Profit of Cheese and Butter- Making, Sfc. 341 



The result is as follows : — 



Produce. 



£. s. d. 



Profit on 60 cows, at 12?. 720 0' 



140 lambs, at 27s. G(Z 192 10 



Profit on 100 ewes and wool, at 15s. 75 



15 acres of wheat, at 12/ 180 



1167 10 

 Expenses. 



£. s. d. 



Rent, 200 acres, at 40s ." 400 



Tithes, 15Z. ; rates, 43?. 15s 58 15 



Wages. — 4 men, at 40? £160 



1 man, at 20? 20 



Extra man 13 



Harvesting 20 



213 



Tradesmen's bills, 32?. 10s. ; grass-seeds, 22?. 10s. ; other) „^ ^ „ 



seeds, 20? .. .. .. _ .. ..] ^"^ 



Paid on account of improvements, including draining, 40?. ;! -.or. a a 



boning, 60?. ; and repairs, 25? | 



Paid for oil-cake 50 



Contingent expenses 30 



951 15 



Profit £215 15 



The three systems will therefore stand as follows : — 



Receipts. Expenses. Profits. 



£. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. 



Cheese or butter making .. 1213 15 1024 15 189 



Grazing " .. 1167 10 951 15 215 15 



Milk-seUing 1428 15 1124 15 304 



It thus appears that the experience of this district is decidedly 

 in favour of milk-selling ; but before coming to a definite con- 

 clusion on the subject, the strain put upon the land by the two 

 systems — milk-producing and fattening — has to be taken into 

 account. 



I feel that the grazing account may require some little ex- 

 planation to some whose experience may be somewhat different. 

 The profit of 12/. per head on the cows may be thought excessive. 

 I can, however, but state that such is the annual average profit 

 realised by a number of graziers in this immediate neighbour- 

 hood, who buy in lean but healthy short-horns, at an average of 

 10/, to 12/. per head, in the first two months of the year. They 

 then fi'eshen them on straw, turnips, and a little cake, putting 

 them out a little each day — weather permitting — until spring, 

 by which time they have fairly begun to grow ; and when a flush 

 of grass comes they do not, like cows newly bought, lose time in 

 making a start. They are then grazed through the summer, tied 



